The Third Sex?
When it comes to discussing the diversity of their attorneys, law firms have some tendency to conjure up new terms and redefine old ones. Such is the case with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati which recently revised its copy regarding diversity. Here’s a bit of it:
Currently, nearly a third of our partners and half of our associates are women or belong to a racial, ethnic, or gender minority group.
I’m not sure what it means.
January 25th, 2007 at 11:33
It sounds like they’re referring to transgendered individuals.
January 25th, 2007 at 12:07
I believe you’re correct on that, but then they could say LGBT and we’d all know what they mean.
It turns out that “gender minority group” does have an established meaning, but it’s along these lines — the girls on a high school football team, or the boys in a homemaking class.
January 26th, 2007 at 11:19
I believe you’re correct on that, but then they could say LGBT and we’d all know what they mean.
sexual orientation =/= gender.
It turns out that “gender minority group” does have an established meaning, but it’s along these lines — a girl on a high school football team, or a boy in a homemaking class.
That makes sense.